On This Day (January 11th) Multiple Choice

1. 532 - A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence in which city ?

2. 1569 - The first recorded lottery in England is drawn in which London building ?

3. 1693 - Which volcano erupts with estimated 7.4 magnitude, killing around 60,000 people ?

4. 1759 – In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American company selling what is incorporated ?

5. 1864 - Which major railway station opens in London on this day ?

6. 1879 – The Anglo-Zulu War begins in what is now which modern day country ?

7. 1892 - Which painter marries Teha'amana, a 13-year-old Tahitian girl ?

8. 1935 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to which other state ?

9. 1962 – An avalanche in which South American country causes around 4,000 deaths ?

10. 1971 – Mary J. Blige, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress is born in which US city ?

11. 1986 – The Gateway Bridge is officially opened in which Australian city ?

12. 1994 – The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on what ?

13. January 11th is a National day of what in Germany ?

14. 2007 - Author J. K. Rowling finishes the 7th and last Harry Potter novel in Room 552 of which Edinburgh hotel ?

15. 2008 – Sir Edmund Hillary, mountaineer, explorer, and first person to conquer Everest dies in which New Zealand city ?

16. 2020 - The first Covid-19 death occurs in which city?